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THE EPNESTG TIMES, WASHIWim SATOKDAY, J$$JiTTAKY 10, 1900.
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THEIR HISTORY REVIEWED
Estalilislnnentand Growth of the Ex
ecutive Departments.
&n liitrrcMIiisr ItciMirt on tin I1III
Crrutlujc :t Xcir Cabinet Position.
?Iiiii Truiinfere of HnrcnuM Noted
Ititriiiu' tlie VnsHlnK Yearn Ulver
mIHimI HnNinetH f the Trcnmiry.
Senator Nelson, in his report on the bill
to create an Executive department, to be
l;uov?n as the Department of Commerce
and Industries, presents a brief history
of the inception, growth, and jurisdiction
of the different Executive departments of
the Government.
Senator Nelson, in his report, says that
the first department established was
known as the Department of Foreign Af
fairs, and was created by the act of July
27, 1789. By the act of September 15, 1789,
the name was changed to that of Depart
ment of State. This department "was orig
inally vested, under the direction of the
President, with jurisdiction over for
eign, diplomatic and consular af
fairs, and was, in 1793, given jurisdiction
over the matter of patents for useful in
ventions, which it retained until ISO,
when the Interior Department was creat
ed. It was also given supervisory and ap
pellate jurisdiction over the acts of mar
shals and others in taking and returning
the census of the United States, which it
retained until the Interior Department
was created, in 1S4'J.
The War Department.
The next department established was
the War Department, which was created
by the act of August 7, 17S9, and was
originally vested with jurisdiction, under
the direction of the President, over both
military and naval affairs, over land
grants for military services, and over In
dian affaire. Its jurisdiction over naval
affairs it retained until April 30. 179S. when
the Navy Department was created; its
jurisdiction over land grant was trans
ferred to the Treasury Department iu
17S9 and 179G. and its jurisdiction over In
dian affairs Mas transferred to the Interior
Department in 1S49.
I. 1S38 the department was given juris
diction over the matter of mHitary pen
sions, which it retained until 1S4!', when
the Interior Department was established.
During a part of this time the War De
partment and Navy Department, jointly,
exercised jurisdiction over military and
naval pensions, and it still retain the to
called Record and Pension Oflice.
The next department established a
the Treasury Department, by the act of
September 2. 17S9. It was originally vest
od vith jurisdiction over the financial and
fiscal affairs of the Government, with the
Gllection and expenditure of the public
Tevense. and was also vested with juris
diction over the sale of public lands,
which it retained until the Interior De
partment was created in 1S49.
Oilier Department.
The next department established was the
Jfavy Departraeut. created by the act of
April 30. 17uS. and vested with jurtsdic
tiam over naval affairs. . This department
hart also for a time jurisdiction over the
matter of naval pensions, until the inrac
whb trasBferred to the Interior Department
in 1S4!.
The Interior Department was, establish,
ed by the act or March ", 1S49. It was
originally .given jurisdiction over patents
for inventions. oer the land office busi
ness oi tnc ticverninenc. over inaian ai- j
Tor such a department. Most of the other
great governments of the world have a
department of this kind. ;England has Jter
board or trade France, her minister of com
merce, industry, and telegraphs; the Neth
erlands, a minister of public works and
commerce; Austria-Hungary, a minister
of commerce and national industries; Italy,
a minister of commerce, industry, and agri
culture; Spain, a minister of commerce,
agriculture, and public works; Portugal, a
minister of public works and industry, and
Russia has just established a ministry of
commerce and Industry instead of having
it, as heretofore, a branch of the finance
ministry. In all of these governments the
fact is recognized that a department of this
kind is essential and necessary for the
care, promotion, and development of com
merce and manufactures.
"The United States, in order to be on a
footing of equality and In order to bo fully
equipped to enter the competitive field with
the strongest nations, ought to take a les
son from and be guided by these examples."
ENSIGN- GILPIN WOTJNDra).
A Dospateli 3Vot tinierstood at the
Xavy Department.
Secretary Long this morning received
the following cable despatch from Captain
G. P. F. IVildc, of the battleship Oregon,
commanding the United States Naval
forces at Manila in the absence of Rear
.Admiral Watson at Hongkong:
"Ensign Gilpin's wound not serious. No
officer or man. Long injured."
The department is at a loss to account
for the despatch. It indicates that it was
sent in answer to an enquiry, but no offi
cer of the department from the Secretary
down remembers sending any despatch to
Captain Wilde about Gilpin or Long and
the records fail to show that any was
transmitted. There was an explosion on
the Wheeling at Hongkong, but the names
of Gilpin and Long did not'appear in the
report of the affair from Admiral "Watson
who was at Hongkong at the time.
Ensign Charles E. Gilpin commands the
little gunboat Marlrcless, one of the ves
sels purchased from Spain in the Philip
pines, lie was born iu Missouri and ap
pointed to the Navy from Michigan. No
report of any casualties on the Marlreless
had been received by the Navy Depart
ment. The only other officer on the Ma
rlreless is Naval Cadet Samuel B. Thomas.
Tlie Woman Suffragists Hear -More
Reports From States.
TJie Report of the Committee on.lte
olntlojia Uiwlor.scs the IIny-1'nmice-fote
Treaty Action.' on the South
Afrienn "War to lie Taken nt Mon
.dnj's 31eetlnr Of tlie AwHocint Ion.
THE FUND FOE MBS. LAWTON.
Clieefc for 'tlie Kull Amount Soon
to He Presented.
Adjutant General Corbin announced to
day that no definite arrangements had yet
been made for turning over the fund sub
scribed by the admirers of General Law
ton to Mrs. Law ton. The fund now
amounts to almost $99,000. and contribu
tions are still coming in, and it may reach
?100.000 in a few days.
General Corbin said that within a few
days a check for the full amount of the
fund will be turned over to Mrs. Lawton,
but that there will be no ceremonies con
nected with the presentation. Mrs. Law
ton will return to this city In a few days,
it is said, and then go to the home of her
mother at Pee Wee Valley, near Louis
ville. Kj.. for a long rest.
MBS. MATILDA LORD'S WILL.
for
II 11 5-
An Kslntc l.cft in Trust
lc-nl.
The will of Matilda Lord, dated Febru
ary 1C, 1&i3, was filed today for probate.
By its terms the testatrix bequeaths her
jewelry, painting, and other personal lie
longing's to her sisters Eugenia C. A. Ray
mond, Ida K. French, and Olga J. L. Lowe.
Her real estate, consisting of a house and
lot in Jamestown. It. L, and prenib-e No.
304 Twenty-first Street, this city, and
34.300 in first mnrf tnrrns: nn ion? nit-ito .
fairs, over pensions, over the census over j l)qucathcd in trust for the benefit of Ivr i
L?8,"'". S. u .J"11"' , hbund Thomas Lord, who is named as
States courts, and over public buildings. ' ,, nf fh ,-,,,.,. i
JLS JHl IIM1HIIUU OUT I'UUUl- UIIIIUIUKS WHS
The Committee on Resolutions of the
National American Woman Suffrage Asso
ciation met this morning before the open
ing of the regular session. The committee
was presided over by Henry B. Blackwell,
chairman.
Dr. Abby M. Fulton, of Maine, presented
a resolution endorsing the Hay-Paunccfoto
convention, which was adopted. Some ac
tion will probably be taken Monday in
the cause of peace. The Peace Conference
which was held at The Hague last year
and the articles signed will be discussed
with reference to the present war between
the South African Republics and England.
Susan B. Anthony railed tho convention
to order at 10:30 o'clock. The Recording
Secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell, read the
minutes of yesterday's- sessions, which
were adopted. Harriet Taylor Upton,
Chairman of the Committee on Credentials,
read the report of the committee.
Elnora M. Babcock, National Superin
tendent of Press Work, read an interesting
and encouraging report. She said that
while tho past year had been the first at
tempt at systematic presswork, the results
had been very encouraging. She found
the newspapers of the country ready and
willing to use their articles. There had
been sent out from the Press Headquar
ters In Dunkirk 32,000 articles, besides fur
nishing seven large press companies with
matter.
Suffrage plate matter was furnished to
fifty papers in New York State and ten
papers in Massachusetts. Two hundred
and thirty-five special, articles had been
written and replies sent to 125 articles that
had been written in opposition.
Mrs. Babcock expressed herself as bc
lieiug that the articles that came out in
opposition to the cause were of the greatest
benefit If they had the opportunity of re
plying to tlfem, as there was" never pre
sented a single argument but could be com
pletely demolished hi the light of practi
cal cxperinece.
In New York, Pennsylvania. Iowa, Maine,
Michigan, Massachusetts, and California
very effective work had been done by State
chairmen. Other States were working along
these lines. "It Is just as necessary." said
Mrs. Babcock, "to study the character and
disposition of an editor In order to get the
best out of him as It Is to study the char
acter and disposition of any other individ
ual to obtain the best results. What will
please one editor will not please another
at p11."
The reports of th State presidents was
next In order. Misissippi's State' president,
Helen Hammond Butt, brought greetings
from her State, and said that the time had
arrived for enfranchisement of the woman
in Mississippi. She said that the legal
status of the woman in her State com
pares favorably, with the only exception of
.suffrage Mrs. Butt also slated that the
Legiflature of Mislssippl bad appropriated
a large amount of money for educational
institutions for women. She said that suf
frage is a national right.
A bill is In preparation, for the Legisla
ture of Mississippi to permit women to
fill positions in State hospitals as doctors
aud superintendents..
Ella Harrison. State president of Missou
ri, said tnere is no State in the Union
whose resources arc greater than those ot
Missouri, no women as true as Missouri's.
WILLIAM HENRY GREEK DEAD.,
The Princeton Instructor Paitsex
Aivny at the kc of 75.
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 10. William
Henry Green, D. D., LL. D., Professor of
Oriental and Old Testament Literature in
the Trinceton Theological Seminary, died
here this morning at his home on Stock
ton Street. Prof., Green, who was seventy
flve years old, had been confined to his
room for sevoral mouths with throat trou
ble, and his death had been expected for
the past week. Besides being chairman of
the faculty of the theological seminary, he
was also a member of the Board of Trus
tees of tho university and seminary. He
was a diligent scholar ot the Hebrew lan
guage and has published several text
books on It.
Dr. Green wats graduated from Lafayette
College in 1840, and later from the Prince
ton Theological Seminary, where he spent
several years of his early Ufa as assistant
instructor ot Hebrew. He supplied the
pulpit of the First and Second Presbyto
rian churches of Princeton, and afterward
became pastor of the Central Church in
Philadelphia.
In 1851 he was elected to the profes
sorship ot Oriental literature in the the
ological seminary here, which chair he held
at the time of-his death. At one time he
was offered the presidency of Princeton
University, but refused to accept it. His
wife and two-daughters, Mrs. William Lib
bey and Mrs. J. Mark. Baldwin, are living
in Princeton. The funeral will be held
here next Tuesday.
ASING- SING CONVICT TBEE.
He Deceive the Keeper "With a
Strair Dummy.
SING SING, N. T., Feb. 10. James Finn,
serving a five yea'rs' sentence for robbery
and attempted murder, eluded his keepers
In Sing Sing prison during last night, and
this morning, when the keepers unlocked
his cell door, they found a dummy made
from straw occupying Finn's cot, and
which they had mistaken for the prisoner
during all the night. Finn is still at liberty,
and it is supposed ho went away as early
as five o'clock yesterday afternoon, conse
quently having ample opportunity to
travel many miles bcrorc the alarm -was
pent out from tho prison this morning to
the police of the cities and towns in this
section.
Early this morning It was believed that
Finn had not been successful in getting
outside the prison proper, that he had
stowed himself away in the institution, but
a thorough search of the shops and build
ings failed to find him, so the officials be
lieve he had a good start on them. Finn's
cell was not in the main prison, but in the
old frame prison on the hill. The warden
has suspended Keepers Daniel Griffin and
James O'Keefe, the two officers who a.o
responsible for not discovering the dum
my last evening and during the night.
Finn arrived here September 25, 1S9G, for
burglary and attempted murder. He i3
twenty-six years old, weighs 140 pound3. is
5 feet, 8 3-1 inches, tall. Hla address In
New York city was 233 West Forty
seventh Street. Finn, it is said. Is a mem
ber of a secret society of which several cf
the prison attendants are also members,
aud the later, it is believed, helped him
to escape.
A DEAD HAN'S LET PEE.
Capital
I
abolished in 1S67. and its jurisdiction over ..- nnLr UH niVi ' W.M ! bhe &tatc'' tliat u,p suffrage cause is-mak-
. .. ' ... " . " : , "I ""'... ' . .v ( ins great progress.
the accounts ot judicial officers was trans
ferred to the Attorney General in 1S70.
17S9 a yiostofficc. with a Postmaster Gen
eral was established and given jurisdiction
over the postal affairs of the Government.
By the acts of February 20. 1792, and May
S, 1794, a General Postoflice was estab
lished, with a Postmaster General at the
head; and finally, on June S. Ib72 the Post
office Department was established as one
of the Executive Departments, with juris
diction over all the postal alTairs of the
Government.
rhese are also named as executors of the
I estate, Upon the death of her husband, the
t testatrix directs that her estate rhall be
lmded among her sisters.
A SILK SKIET SWINDLE.
Ileiinelt Seenreil the Dollnrt ot Mhiiv
(' fl!i ii k' Women.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 30. An o'er
wfcning passion for silk petticoats sepa-
On September i. 17S9. the office of At- rate1 aut 3-' women from tllcir dl,1Iars
uo oeiuemoer . ia:'. me ouice ot .r- i
torncy General was created, whos? duty it t" Past ten days, and pin money is a
was to conduct all suits on behalf of the
great progress
Mary Smith Hay ward spoke of the work
ilono bv the association in the State Of
I Nebraska. Mrs. Haywaid Is the owner of
one of tlie largest department stores In the
.State of Nebraska, and she manages and
superintends the establishment herself. Her
report, with reference to the work of the
association in that State was very encour
aging. Mrs. Fanny Kikcr, the representative for
New .Mexico said that on account of tho
astness of New Mexico, and tlie widely
scattered population, the work of the as
sociation necessarily progresses slowly.
The representative for New York, Ella
Hawely Crossett, next read her report.
scarity in ab many families. About two
Government In the Supreme Court of the j Weeks ago a sleek-looking fellow carrying
iVi'r,1. orWteVU;hefri aU aSnp,C '""h aarctl -1 rente,.! which detailed the legislative work per-
by the President or tho heads of any of Slmc OI rooms m one oi tne nuiness "- "' " ""-"" "- """.
the departments. By the act of June 22. Mocks near the centre of the city. "w al !bai,$ ,S!? reported tlwt tho
ie-rt .,-. n.nnn.i f t.,o.: ,.. .,, mi ., , . . I women of New ork have the privilege of
18,0. the Department of Justice was ere- The newcomer said he was the act e i .,inp-fnr sMmnl trustor The result win
died, with the Attorney General at its head. I membw of the firm of Rpnlf x r ? f. trustee- the rcMilt was
Bv the act of Maj 13 186 the Depart- niemuer 01 lne ,lrm ot Bennett & Co.. J that there are more women school trustees
merit of Agriculture was created with a ani1 nr,cr equipping his office with two j tilling offices than ever before. The work
Commissioner of Agriculture at the hod. ! pretty girls who were to act as clerks. in "ew York is progressing: .satisfactorily.
This vtas afterwaid changed into an Event- I he advertised that Bennett & Co would I IIelt" Monis Lewis sPke at lfiU on
five Department, with a Secretary of Ag- I KiYC a ilu ctticoit inlucd nt Slci tn pv ' thli success of t,le K"'rKe case m North
ilcuHure at the head, by the act of Feb- I .? ' , P0"""" ,a,UC1 n "" PV" Carolina. She said that under the ragged
ruarv 9. 1S89. This denaitmerK has juris-I i' . ,0mn ,ho wouW pay thcm J1 and I -oat of the North Carolina mountaineer
diction of an advisory character over the 1 r,,rn,s.h th" addresses of ton of her female j thcre beat.s a nobler heart and better char-
agricultural affairs of the couutrv. I "m-u..;. " "' "aire iu pay ?l j ar,er ,nail are to lm foml m,er tne fint.
Vnrldui Clnsc of Dunlne.
wt- u.r fciinniir oargains. i fdshloDabie exterior of the city dude.
It was an endless chain" nronosition. ' r, i.-i nuni-i,..rn ..,,.,. r v..i,
T. I s.l 1... o -vl .!.. . .. ...! !.,.... 1, ,i:.l , tl.l.- . ..I --i -". KU- UiUbniUI II ..,. ll, ui .wi in
n i aaiu uv ccuaiui .M'lMfli lum u c iini uim 11 uiu u: i mini u lew oays me
look at the duties assigned to each of thee
departments, wo find that, outside of the
Treasury and Interior Departments, the
other departments are mainly charged with
a single distinct class of public business
the State Department with foreign affair?.
Department of Justice with judicial af-
liuhs were being forged with a rapidity
that must have been highly satisfactory to
the firm who reaped a cool profit of ?1 a
link.
Two or three petticoats were givt'ii out.
and the applicants, who were failing over j
eacn omer to gel ursl choice, were told
that the supply had been exhausted, but It '
fairs Navj- Department with naval af- , lhv ,cft their dollars on deposit the I Mrs. Lucre! ia I, Hlankenbu
ai 1 ' , f f Department with the os- ( .sK-,rts would be forthcoming in a few days. ' for the State of Pennsylvania.
tal business of the country. War Depart
ment with military affairs and the im
provement of river6 and harbors, and the
Agricultural Department with agricultural
matters. But when we come to the Treas
ury and the Interior Departments we find
each of these departments rested with :t
large number or separate and distinct pub
lic matters disconnected with eacti other.
The Interior Department has today
charge of the General Land Office, Indian
Office. Pension Office. Patent Office. Bureau
of Education, Census Office. Commissioner
of Railroads, Architect of the CapitoL
Geological Survey, Government Hospital
for the Insane, and the Columbia Institute
for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.
The Treasury Department stands charg-1
ed with a still greater variety of dlversi- j
neu mines aim suujecis. n una wiiaisr i
all the fiscal and monetary affairs of the
Government, Including the issuance and
maintenance of a safe and sound cur
rency, the collection and disbursement of
the revenues of the Government, the audit
ing and paying of all public accounts and
claims in the wveral departments of the
Government, the public debt, and the roln
"agc. Senator eloii' Argument.
In support of the contention that a De
partment of Commerce should be estab
lished Senator Nelson says:
"The need for such a department has
for many years been recognized by all the
principal eonimercal bodies throughout the
country, and there seems to be an urgent
demand throughout the industrial world
When u crowd of bargain-hunting wom
en reached the office ot Bennett &. Co. yes
terday they found the doors locked, aud
one of the affable clerks said she had re
ceived a letter from Mr. Bennett, who was
in Philadlephia, saying that the scheme
was "busted." but assuring her that
ho would be iu Trenton in a few
days and settle with everybody that the
t firm owed. The latter advised the clerk to
ctobe tne office and iteep quiet a day or
two.
HOSTETTE?fs
P CELEBRATED 3
IHsssssssssU3Mf't
Sitters
If the system
Is overw orked
nature needs
aid to restore
the body to a
normal healthy
condition. The
best medicine
to do this is the
Bitters. It will
cure
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Nervousness,
Hslarla,
Fever and Ague
MR. BOUTELLE IMPROVING.
Uiieunrn;;liig: IteMr(n From HI At
tending IliMteinit.
BOSTON, Feb. 10. Encouraging reports
have been received this week in regard to
the condition of Representative Boutelle,
who is still at the McLean Hospital, and
it now seems assured that his health "will
be restored at an early date. His brother,
E. P. Boutelle, states that he has received
word from the attending physicians that
the Representative would be able to re
turn home within a few weeks.
The possibility of his returning to Con
gress at the end of his present term, is
being talked as a part of the programme.
As far as can be learned. Mr. Boutelle
would have no opposition if he should be
a candidate for another terra, and what
ever talk of a successor has been indulged
in. has been, upon the supposition that he
should voluntarily retire.
The Mimic a St. Mary'.
Tlie choir of St. Mary's Church. Fifth
Street northwest, between G and H streets-,
will render the following muslctomorrow:
High ma's at 10:S0 a. iu.
"Aj-perffM Me, Domitie" G. O. T. IVcia
Mas? in i: flat A. fiuilmant
Offeitory: "Sit Xoinen Domini" tJ. Caglicro
Vesprr frrice at I p. m.
realms: Dentine Ad Adjuvandnm. Dixit
Domimis I-amlate Piieri, and laudato
Dotmnum (Vc.per Service No. S) 1. Marzo
Magnificat. No. 3., .........K. Vrzo
"VeUcsina" (ijuaitette) 15. Cecil nlcin
"O SalularU" , ,T. Wicgand
(Tcr.or solo and quartette.)
"Tjntum ICrgo" G. XI. Dethier
(Alio s-olo and cliont.)
Laudato Domimim Gregorian
Organist and director, Mr. William Wal-deckcr.
Dakota, made the report for her State. Sin
said that the women of. Nebraska
have school suffrage and make good us
of it. The mother there has a right to see
that her children receive proper instruc
tion by proper teachers amidst proper sur
roundings. She H.iid that North Dakota is
more ready to give the women equal suf
frage than any other State in the Union.
U reported
She stated
that the Suffrage Association of Pennsyl
vania supplies colleges, universities, and
libraries with leaflets and surtrage litera
ture. Legislative work has been attempt
ed in Pennsylvania, but it has been un
successful so far, but the association
would continue the work. "Pennsylvania,"
she said, "between the years 1700-1900 has
enacted eighty laws favorable "to women."
Mrs. Charlotte B. Wllbour, the represen
tative for the State of Rhode Island read
her report which was very encouraging in
regard to the legislative work performed
by the association.
Virginia D. Young presented a report of
the association for the Stale of South Car
olina, which was highly satisfactory.
The convention adjourned at 1 o'clock to
reconvene this afternoon at ? o'clock.
This afternoon's session will be presided
over by the Chairman of the- Committee
on Organization, Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt. The following themes will be pre
sented for discussion: "Tho Defects of
Conventions," Carrie Chapman Catt, of
New York; "How to Prepare snd Receive
Reports," Priecilla Dudley Hackstaff. New
York; "How to Prepare Programmes,"
Lucy Hobart Day, cf Maine: "Hpw to Se
cure Audiences," Mattie Laub Romans, ot
Iowa; "How to Conduct Elections," Caro
line B. Burtt. ot Connecticut.
The programme for this evening's session
presents tlie following addresses: "Our
Great Leaders." Clara Berwick Colby, of
Nebraska; 'The Possibilities of Even a
Scrap or Suffrage," Kate M. Gordon, ot
Louisiana: "Conditions of the Wage
Earning Women of Our Country," Gail
Laughlin, of New York; "A Review of the
Remonstrant," Helen A. Shaw, of Massachusetts.
Swiftest, Strongest
Saves Most aid lasts Longest
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WiCKOKr. ST.AMANS k BENEDICT,
Sth and F S XW.. WaSliinjrtoB, D; C,
l'liiiiNlniient t'onileimied liy n
.New .Fer.Mej- Murderer.
JERSEY CITY. N. J., Feb. 10. James
K. Brown, who was hanged in the Hudion
County Jail yesterday, left the following
statement, with a request that it be pub
lished: "The theory that hanging as capital pun
ishment has a deterrent effect upon mur
ders was long ago exploded. Hanging
goes on, and homicide continues. We rail
against the lrnch law which citizens of
certain sections of this country are dis
posed tc respect. This is really the quick
est way of adding one crime to another.
"There Is no good lesson taught by legal
executions. Down deep In the average
citizen's heart he feels there Is no valid
excuse slowly to 'Strangle a person to
death. He knows it is a simple case of J
long premeditation legal rcuider. A
prosecutor who thinks it his duty to sup
press evidence, to use that which he knos
to be perjured evidence against an ac
cused person, trt use all means, methods,
to take a person's life, is undoubtedly the
cool (lawful) murderer.
"The above Is true in my cas?. The
prosecutor knows that I am innocent of
any jntcnt V killing, and I feel in the
sight of God that my conscience is clear. I
Can James S. Erwin, at the hour of his
death, say the same? Has he not, by with
holding evidence that would clear me of
the charge of murder, knowing the conse
quence to me, altowed my death is he not
a murderer?
"I hope that I am the last person hung
In this Gcd-foraken county. In the cou se
of twenty years or so, perhaps the more '
enlightened citizens will be politically
powerful enough to get a law to do away
with hanging, which is no more nor less
than a brutal exhibition, and a pleasure
only In the morbid.
"A frightful example would be afforded
if the murderer was condemued to life
lmpnsonment. There is no need for capi
tal punishment, no excuse for it. Leg3l
murder has a debasing iulluencc on all,
especially the children. I would rather
have death tomorrow than life imprison
ment. "As I have only a few hours to live, I
declare before Gcd I am not guihy of any
intent of killing. When I Jirdt heard cf
Gebhardt's death I felt sorry, and said so
to the captain, although I knew I was not
to blame. " I felt sorry that I was com
pelled to shoot him in self-defence."
-fT-ltA InrvAdl 11441 A1 f
fcf. tae world! Does it confront.
it follow you to your busl
"ness? Does it take part In
your transactions? Does- it
color all your thoughts? Handicap your
efforts? The Dyspeptic knows what that
word means. He always says, "I would do
this thing IF I felt assured. I would as
sume this obligation IF I thought I could
bear it,
Always halt a man half a success half
ot everything. The melancholy the de
pression of Dyspepsia are its worst fea
tures. The ache of It Is not nearly so
serious.
MASON'S YELLOW TABLETS
work in two directions: They cure, and
they sustain whilo they cure-. Whatever
stimulation they give to the languid organs
is gentle, and absolutely necessary. They
take hold when Nature gets weary. They
nevr take Nature's place. But they help;
come to tho rescuer encourage her to go
back, to her old duties, which she under
stands better than any medicines or phy
sicians. MASON'S YELLOW TABLETS
contain Just the combination of ingredients
which any conscientious physician must
endorse. They are- thoughtfully and skill
fully prepared. Complete relief follows
their use, after a too generous banquet; in
a few minutes. CURE real glad jubi
lant CURE speedily follows. Not half a
cure not almost not just enough to make
you want more but altogether all over
all CURE. Then you throw the tablets
away or, better still pass them on to
the next case of IF.
MASON'S nrtOWN TABLETS FOR COXSTI
PATJOX work over night quietly, surely. You're
O. h. in tlie morning; cure any billiom condition,
remove headache, and restore the liver to its
normal state.
MASON'S It ED TABLETS cure cmiBiu, check
cold?, bronchitis, and ensure a good night's rest.
MASON'S WHITE TABLETS cure in a wonder
fully short time sore throat,, tonillitig, and re
duce indamination of the most serious character.
MASON'S CHEAM OF OLIVES OINTMENT,
applied outwardly at bedtime, worka overnight.
It penetrate. to'tlie very foundation of the con
gestion. It diMoIves-it Ioojens it frees entirely. After
that the absolute remov.il ol the offending clots
requires only the ordinary effort which any
sufferer from ftarrh will make in tlie morning.
MASON'S C1IEAM OK OLIVES OINTMENT u-eil
peniitently fi a short period will cure the wort
kind of catarrh.
Cure it without disc mfort. No dnig no in
halation no nausea. Nothing hut primitive, sootli
irjr penetration, and sutwecjucnt di-lodgcmcnt.
And bwt of all. it heals while it works. It
sootlfes it relieve IT Cl'IlE a safe and speedy
care for Tile. Twenty-five cents a hot
Mason's Remedies are put up in 10, 23,
and 50-ccnt boxes. FOR SALE at the fol
lowing drug stores:
HENRY EVANS,
93S F Street nw.
EDWARD STEVENS,
Ninth and I'enn. Ave.
EDWARD T. MERTZ,
1110 F Street.
W. P. HERBST,
2500 Pcnn. Ave. nw.
F. J. DIECDONNE & SON.
Eleventh and F Streets nw.
FRANK P. WELLER,
Cor. Eighth and I Streets se.
A. IL W. CLU.M,
25th and O Streets nw.
A. 31. KLOCZEWSKI.
S00 Ninth Street nw.
HURLEBAUS FHAR3IACY,
Cor. Hth and V Streets nw.
O'DONNELL'S PHARMACY,
S01 Pa. Ave.'se.
And at all other live drug stores, or sent
for price by Mason Chemical Company, 513
Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
OPEN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
LAST CALL
-FOR-
Winter Suits5nAOvercoats
-AT-
HALF PRICE!
These are the closing hoursof this great sacrifice of guaran
teed Winter Suits, anil Overcoats at 50 cents on the dollar. If
you are going to profit by it you must think QUICK! Open
until n o'clock tonight.
S7.50
For $1 5
Suits and
Overcoats
$10
For $20
Suits and
Overcoats.
$12.50
For S25
Suits and
Overcoats.
Suits in Cheviots, Cassimeres, Tweeds, Homespuns, &c
Overcoats in Meltons, Kerseys, Beavers, Winter Coverts,
Friezes, and big Chinchilla Storm Coats.
M. Dyrenforth & Co.,
923 Pennsylvania Avenue.
for all you want in Carpets or
Furniture at louest pticci.
HOl'sK k IinnUMA, 7th
and I (Eye) Sis.
Cres Colds and Crip, 25
ATKI.VSO.Y.
Elcvcrtu ml G.
ALONG THE PANAMA CANAL.
.Much AulunMc .Mnchlnory Ahiiiitlon
mI Ii- (he Contractu.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10. Among the
recent arrivals from Panama is Reed Tyler,
who has been over the line of the Panama
Canal as the agent of a New York syndi
cate -who has purchased the machinery,
old iron, etc., of the Panama Canal Com
pnny. He says that he found an abun
dance of first-class machinery which had
been badly used and in many cases desert
ed and overgrown with weeds and vines.
He found thirty first-class engines,
some of which were sunk in the lagoon
mud. There were fifty finely constructed
and very valuable dredging machines, be
sides hundreds of wagons and all kinds of
iron and steel material.
To Protect Krcfflt-Wutcr llnsxol.
Representative Prince has introduced a
bill to regulate the fishing cf mussels ia
the, fresh waters of the United States. The
bill provides that it shall be unlawful for
any person to remove from the fre3h wa
ters of the United States, In any manner,
for commercial purposes or otherwise, any
"nlgger-her.il," or "butterfly" mussels in
I sizes less than two and one-half inches
in the greatest diameter, or "mucke.s."
and "buckhorn" mussels In sizes less than
three and cne-half inches in the greatest
diameter, or "yellow sand aheii" mussels
iu sizes less than four inches in ths great
est diameter.
REMOVAL OF...
Ruoff's
Hat Stock
Ruoff's entire stock of Hats,
Caps, Canes, Umbrellas, &c,
has been removed to the store
llUFStN.W.
It will be placed on sale
today at extraordinarily low
prices -in some instances av
eraging half Ruoff's original
figures.
,.":"::: $2.00
for 4W D
,::::::: $1.50
Drrhjn Jj 1 f)F
for kPI.Z J
.J"!':: $1.00
The famous Dunlap Hats
are to be sold for $3.75.
The famous S4.00 Stetson
Hats are to be sold for $2.50.
Lndiei' flue Dunlnp MnlUtntr
lints nml extra flue lmllen am!
Bfnti' Straw tints lire oflferiMl at
proportionate reduction.
Men's lino SenlMkin Cap and
Glnrvn alHO the Iilshrnt grade
of Umbrella nnd Cane eo nt te
than half rccmnr price".
Tlieie extraordinarily low
price nre plnceil on thi very
Hue Mock .ho n tn eloe It out In
n hort n time a polble.
DAVID F. MANN,
PLrc'u3er of the ItoiiS Stock,
1 1 1 1 F STREET.
For This
Entire Day
10 up
wi cjh select from
v lut rematiw ot our
Mj( HE l'l XOS of welt-
known make, rant.
Term, ll monthly.
Thi iftehnka u4 and cover.
Ai- chBf fret rtww
M-oti4-lMiMi O It (i A 3
from
;$5uP
If yow tawy, you t a hue Wrssi if
'on (War lfcy gt adrr the aotUwtor"a
iunuMT. WK ML'ST have rocm fcw our
new Upright and OrawK
Jleir Sl.00
anil fedora
Men' ::.."
nml Fetlorn
Men' ?,;.00
nnt! Fedora
Men' 92..10
nnd 1'eiloraK
Men' 2.00
antl Fetlnrn
i!
Sanders & Sfaymao
I-IAXOS, ORGAXS, AXD ML'SIC,
12ST F Street X. AV.
Percy S Foster, Manager.
SPECIAL. XOTICES.
A. A. WALKER, formerly with R. A.
I Walker, at Seventh and Q Streets
northwest, is now located at Seventh and
Maryland Avenue southwest- fel0-2
DISSOLUTION of R. A. WALKER & SON",
The business will be continued by R. A.
W LKCR at Seveath and Q Strees north
west. felft-St
SPECIAL NOTICE. At a Joint meeting
of the Bakers aad Drivere held FEB
Rl'ART S. at Saengerbund Hall. In C Street
northwest, the following resolution wa
adopted;
Be It resolved. That we cheerfully rc-
, ommend to the public for their patronags
I The Charles Schneider Baking Company,
who have the undivided support of all r
sanized labor, and who have always beeji
fair to the same.
COMMITTEE:
(ILURMAN JOHN T. DOn.8.
Wf. KIEXI.K. VTSl. SPECKMAX.
OF.O. VT XAWY. H. TRAEOER.
ER-NEbT Of Ll, II. ALTHOFF,
OTTO JORGE. E. METER.
XI M R. CHRI.-MAX, O. ZF.ICLKR,
HENRY ARNOLD. XM. i-l'KCKMAX.
SPECIAL NOTICE. The Executive Com
mittee of the Washington Humana
Society offers a reward of one hundred
dollars to the person who will furaiair
them evidence leading to the apprehension
and conviction of any one who has hitherto
docked a horse in the Di3trict cf Columbia
by cutting tbe solid part of the tail.
fcT-tf A3IELIA S. STOWELL. SecV.
A NEW YORK LIGHT SEAL.
The CniiHolliInteil On Company to
Organize u Carnitine.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. nother step in
the plans for bringing under the same con
trol all the gasr and electric light, heat, and
Tiower interests of this city has been taken.
Notice has been sent to stockholders of the
Consolidated Caa Company of n special
stockholders' meeting to be held at the
company's office, on March ;i. The meet
ing is called for the purpose of votings upon
a proposition to increase the capital stock
from ?3.0S7,0C0 to -?5 1,59.200.
The new stock is to be utilized to re
tire $."G.000,G00 of debentures that the trus
tees of the Consolidated Company Issued iu
order to buy from the Whitney interests
the New York (las and Electric Light,
Heat, and Power Company. The last
named company owns the companies do
ing a great part of the electrical business
of the boroughs of Manhattan aud the
Bronx.
Accompanying the notice of the calling
of the special meeting to authorize the new
stock, there has been sent to the stockhold
ers of the Consolidated Company a circular
letter prepared by order of the board of
trustees, saying that the'besl interests of
the company demand that it sell electricity
as well as gas.
A. COLD IN OXE DAY
Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
TO CUKE
Take Laxative
drupsUts refund ihs money if it fails to cure;
E. Grove's Denature ia on each bux. 25c.
Travel a Luxury.
The "Royal Limited." finest day train in tlie
world, leaves Waehjnston R. k O. Station. 'Xew
Jersey Avenue and C Street. dailyv 3 p. m., ar
rives Xcw York 8 p.-,m. Splendid dfniii and cafe
car service.
RELIEF IX SIX IIOUKS.
Distressing KidneV,and Bladder Disease relieved
in six hours by -"New Great South American Kid
nev Cure." it is a great surprise on account of
its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in
bladder, kidnej, and back, in male or female.
Relieves retention 6f water almost immediately.
If you want quick- relief and cure this h the
rcmedr. Sold ,by B. IV Whiteside, 1921 Pcnn
Ave., "and Edward Sevens, Penn. Ave. an Xinth
Street, druggins.
here
trust
I iiinn Trnt anil Stornjie Coinpnny of
the District of Columbia.
Tle 'Tnion Trust and Storage Compmy of the
District of Columbia," with a capitalization of
M,2(W,"00", has been recently orjpxnied in thi)
citj, and is now open for btrsinei- at its tempo
rary offices in th; Milliard Hall Uuiltlinsr, on
the I' Street end tficrcof.
Thi company was organized by prominent
local buines-i end ppjfpsHonal men, its casual
beins sub-cribed In full soon nfter the opening
of the new year, ami is held almost entirely
by residents of this District.
It has purchased tor tht purpose of conducting
its warehouse and storage Imjin", inrimlin;
cold foraije, yqrare 713, bounded on the we-t by
Kir Street ta'st (along the Metropnlttin Branch
of the B. & O H. It.) and on the wnuth by K
Street forth. Upon thU block it js the intention
of the corporation to at once erect modern stnic-
L turc, for Hie aie storing oi mercnamliRe, turn.
ture, clot lung anu neavy materials.
ft is nfso the ' intention of the com
pany to hate warehouc4 and stoive
plants convenient to tlie Pennsylvania line and
the mcr front, so af to accommodate traffic on
all transportation line.
The-o warehouses will be thoroughly built and
equipped with the latest devices obtainable, and
will Ik- in the care of experts in the various
branches of this ilass of biuiiiestf..
Tills comnanv wilt Mte i prnieiiwi wore
lovatcd in the ilnarici.il centre of the city
it will conduct all of the busine? of
It will act as financial aecnl, trustee, and
registrar of the stock of oti:er corporation and
association, and aho loan money on approved
real estate and collateral security.
Its ottiie building will becquipped in all re
spects with up-to-date macTiinery for the proper
tranf?ctinn of ics affairs'.
Particular attention will be given to the man
agement of estates, ucting as receiver, js-ignce
or trustee, and guardian of the estates of minor,
and to all fiduciary matters.
Its officers are gentlemen of lornr residence in
tfiis communitj, and have been selreted with a
view of their " peculiar fitness for the jiosiiion
they occupy.
The directorate is composed of representative
business and pmfrssional menr who have been
eminently successful in their various walks in
life, and tlie-ir connection with the corporation
gives assurance that its affairs will be judi
ciallv, carefully, and ably conducted. Their
various ir.tcreets will tccd to draw to tlie com
pany clientage from the sources they respectively
represent.
This company was organized without any pub
lic opening of'sub-cription books or public offer
of its ftock, and as above stated, all, but a
very limited amount, of it stock is owned and
held bv -our own local citizens.
UXIOX" TltL'ST AXD STOBAOK COM PAX Y
OF THK DISTRICT OK COI.OIBIA.
I RF.OKGU K. FLKMIXC, Secretarv.
February 0, 1000.
r ft T
3tL2u lOjfJJultlliore; nml It e turn rla
j Saiurifav and Sunday, Ftbruary 10 and 11.
Hechtrs Greater Stores.
I Si Baps I
TONIGHT, i
You can get Men's or Boys
White Unlaundered
in sizes 12 1-2 to
Or if you want a little better ar
tide, we have them in same
sizes, with 3-ply linen bos
oms; same as others
at 49c, for
A still better quality
Unlaundered White Shirts,
with 4-dIv linen bosoms
that are regularly CDr,
's or Boys rtAp
d Shirts, ML
18, for tJ
in Men's
i:;.47c :
Then we have a fine line of Men's
Percale Shirts, with soft or stiff
bosoms; dozens of new designs; all
sizes; 69c to 7c elsewhere, here
Z9c, or 3 for $1.00.
A finer ouality of Men's 1'ercalt?
Shirts, in latest stripes and
figures; sizes 11 to 16 1-2;
$1 and $1.2G values
XOTICE A meeting of the stockholders of
the CHILLMAN CASTLE LAND IM
TROYEMEXT AXD CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY will be held at 1321 G Street
northwest MOND Y. FEBRUARY 19, 1900,
at S.r.0 O'CLOCK V. M. By order of tha
Board of Directors. R. G ISRAEL. Secro
tarv. felO-lOt
M
Voui liwndry, Sir."
KT a fbange if yo ate no
getting proper iuuBtiry ser
tre ioorly ktHnderrd
s .r- is humiliating to the
wearer, and detracts appear
ar.,.es; generally, no matter
how well a man be other
wise dreed. We give
flur'ji a nice domestic finish
and buttonholes in eollara
bave oor "anti-swear" plU
biliiw 'Phone 1557 gets
quick repl-.
T0LM4N
STEAM
LAUNDRY,
Corter Suth and C Sts. X. AY.
Hecht & Company, :
513515 Seventh St.
llliiAA A A, A A A A A A A A
The Ilisr Hole llnttlellclil.
Senator Carter of Montana has intro
duced a resolution directing that the Sec
retary of War shall ascertain and- report
to the Senate the legal subdivisions of
land over which the battle of the B!g Hole,
in Montana, was fought. In 1857, and what,
if any action has been taken or should be
taken to properly mark the graves of those
killed and" buried on or near the battlefield,
and to preserve such marks from obliteration.
Ttr AIPITRKys-On Arednmtav. February 7, rW.
a. S p-. m.. MKKX HtMI'HHKY. bebved.wife of
(.corge P. Humphreys, in the iisty-flrst year of
her gv.
She k weepin(j through the gates:
Had you asked us. well yen know.
We would fiave said: "Oh spare Mfe bMhvV '
Ye. with streaming eyes would nay,
"Lord, we love her. let her stav."
KY 1IEK fH'SRAXD AND CIIIbDRnX
Dearest grandma thou "bath left u,
tte thy Ios most deeply feel,
Ibrt 'l.s God who bath bereft us;
He can atl eur rrw heal.
ItY IIKIt ChMNDCHlLDUEXi
rurira:. Sunday. February 11, 10CO, frem Eba
neztfr I. T. Church, at 2 p. w. Friends and red
lives invited. lUem
POW-F.I.I. Oh Fritter. Ftbruary 9, 1O0O. St
4-:i a. in.. EMMA, hefeved wife t WWfcm
Powell, in the tnntv-ninth year of her age.
Ok think how she suffered and moaned wltlJ pi;
Through the- long night o'er we tried to sotfca
her. but in vain.
Till God. in hf mercy, rent down frem abo?J
An ansel that whimpered a message- of lore.
A husband and two chtidrcn mourn her !&.
From loving Husband and' Cnildrcn
Funeral from her late residence. 2a2a Sixtft
Street northwest. Monda. February 12, at p.rn.
Yew York, paper please copy. It,
ItrHKI.KY On Friday, February 9, if 12
o'clock, fl KY. O. H. BCHKLKY. pa.tr of Moinn
Hethel Baptict Church, at residence, Mil Kfoventi.
I Street northet.
runerai .nonuay. resniary u, ac ik o ie
n&oR, from encont Avenue DaplLt Chtiroh. H
MEN
AND
Kidney trouble preys upon
the mind, discourages and
lessens ambition; bcautjr
vlgor, and oliecrfulncss soon
VfMPN disappear vrhen tb- hldney
TT1T1C1 are oul of orfrr or diieasrd.
Tor pleasing results use Dr. KiJnicr- Swamp-Hoot,
the great kidney remedy. At dross!' . Sample
bcttle by mail" free, also pamphlet.
Address Dr. Kilmer k Co.. TUnclumton. X. Y.
IX MKMOltl.VVT. - .
FKRRAL In lovine remembrance ot my dear
little Nter. ADA ARDELLA FKUKAI.. wS dfit
. year ajo tmlav, February 10 1300.
One vpar has paed and still I mi-i Hfre,
Fiiends may think the -round U healed:
Itut tiiev Jitf 1-r.cv. the rrow
Thjt ncs within my heart eonec-ilcd.
l,cm BY SISTEltr .
O'DEUTAKERS.
J. WIXLIAK I.EE;
Undertaker nndf" Llrerjr.
S32 I'csn. Ave. aw.. Wmfitagtos. D. CL